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As the crisis unfolded, the Marcos regime seemed in danger of unraveling. Jaime Cardinal Sin, who had recently thrown the weight of the Roman Catholic Church against Marcos, lost no time backing the renegade military leaders. "Our two good friends have shown their idealism," Sin told listeners over Radio Veritas...
The Cardinal first employed a policy known as "critical collaboration" with the Marcos regime. He urged the government to become more democratic, and simultaneously called for restraint among the opposition. In the spirit of reconciliation, Sin was willing to work with Marcos as a mediator but never as an accomplice...
During the precampaign maneuvering, Cardinal Sin met several times with Aquino and the other major opposition candidate, Salvador ("Doy") Laurel. The primate reassured Aquino that she could successfully challenge Marcos, and helped persuade Laurel to bury his own presidential aspirations and become her running mate. Sin tactfully refrained from endorsing...
While Marcos disapproves of Sin's political role, Pope John Paul II has given the Cardinal his support. Said one Vatican official familiar with the Pontiff's thinking: "Sin is very highly regarded here, particularly for his keen intelligence."
Politics, however, had always been in her background, and she was hardly an average homemaker. The daughter of one of the Philippines' patrician political families, she was a helpmate during 28 years of marriage to the country's most prominent opposition figure. As a spouse, Aquino remained largely on the...